FARMINGTON — A criminal investigation is underway after an audit concluded the Davis County Sheriff’s Office mishandled $126,000, including $34,900 in cash and checks that auditors found stored in various drawers.

Editor’s note: The Standard-Examiner is choosing not to name the accused evidence technician because she is a private citizen and as of Friday, May 18, 2018, had not been charged with a crime. An investigation by the Weber County Attorney’s Office continues. It is the Standard-Examiner’s policy to publish names of elected and/or public officials.

FARMINGTON — A Davis County sheriff’s deputy kept his job for more than two years after being arrested for drunken driving and undergoing discipline for using unnecessary force against a jail inmate, according to public records.

FARMINGTON — A Davis County sheriff’s deputy resigned after two sexual harassment investigations and a jail lieutenant stepped down amid allegations that he bullied and harassed staff members, disciplinary records show.